SOLVED - Update flash plugin. Porteus 3.1 Mate with FF

[Englischdude]

Hi All,

am really loving porteus, does everything I need in a mobile distro, the only issue I am having is that when browsing very often I get the message that the plugin is outdated/been deactivated etc. Could someone please walk me through the process of updating the flash plugin step by step so as to avoid these annoying messages.

Thanks in advance
Martin

[fanthom]

hello Martin,

please add these preferences to /home/guest/.mozilla/firefox/c3pp43bg.default/prefs.js:

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user_pref("plugin.default.state", 2);
user_pref("plugins.hide_infobar_for_missing_plugin", true);
user_pref("plugins.hide_infobar_for_outdated_plugin", true);
user_pref("plugins.notifyMissingFlash", false);

in next release i'll port more useful settings from kiosk to desktop in relation to firefox

[Englischdude]

thanks for your quick response. I made the changes you mentioned and saved the session to my save.dat and rebooted, I have started youtube in FF and get the message "firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "adobe flash" from running on www.youtube.com"

I have the option to "allow", however when I go to firefox preferences for the plugins there is no option to select "always allow".

[sunnysideofthesun]

If my memory doesn't fails me, then in my case of 64-bit LXQt Porteus I have done the following.
1. From https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ downloaded package for Linux 64-bit named install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz.
Firefox saved it to Downloads folder.
2. I was logged in as root from the start, so I didn't have to run console as superuser.
In console type

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tar -C /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins -xzf Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz

Probably for 32-bit Porteus it has to be different than lib64 folder.
3. "Always allow" option appears only when plugin is up-to-date.

[Englischdude]

If my memory doesn't fails me, then in my case of 64-bit LXQt Porteus I have done the following.
1. From https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ downloaded package for Linux 64-bit named install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz.
Firefox saved it to Downloads folder.
2. I was logged in as root from the start, so I didn't have to run console as superuser.
In console type

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tar -C /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins -xzf Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz

Probably for 32-bit Porteus it has to be different than lib64 folder.
3. "Always allow" option appears only when plugin is up-to-date.

that did it. Many thanks for your help.

I have a 32bit system in order to maximize compatibility with older systems. The require folder was usr/lib/mozilla/plugins